Kansas Court Faces Reapportionment Action and Challenges
A Kansas suit in Shawnee County seeks to halt election duties until senate and house are reapportioned, arguing state constitutional guarantees require equal representation. The case mirrors broader trends as courts increasingly review reapportionment under state constitutions and federal law, with related actions in New Jersey Minnesota Indiana and Tennessee.
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Congress
House of Representatives
New Jersey
Minnesota
Supreme Court
Indiana Superior Court
Kansas
Shawnee County
Secretary of State
Kansas Senate
House
Senate
U.S. Supreme Court
Tennessee
Starlings Linked to Human Illness via Contaminated Soil
A Memphis man contracted pulmonary histoplasmosis after exposure to starling contaminated soil sold as garden fertilizer. The study notes starling roosts at a cemetery and says not all contaminated sites are infectious, with prior outbreaks involving multiple people and chickens and pigeons also linked to the disease.
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Memphis, Tenn
Wade T. Murdock
M.D
R. E. Travis
W. D. Sutliff
Memphis
Libero Ajello
Atlanta
Europe
Teacher Uses In English Controversy At Wappingers High
A high school English teacher faced criticism over a 31 sentence satire exercise sent home by a student. Parents objected to the inflammatory posts while the district touted English instruction and Regents success.
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Wappingers Falk
N.Y
Irving
Schlep
Poughkeepsie Journal
Dennis J. Hannan
Wappingers Central School
Board of Education
Hannan
Wappingers Central English Department Backed by Board
The board unanimously voted confidence in Wappingers Central's English department. No body addressed the fate of the offbeat test.
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Wappingers Central
Kennedy Declines Soviet Visit During World Trip
Attorney General Robert F. Kennedy declined an informal invitation to visit the Soviet Union during his world trip. He will not alter plans that include stops in Japan, Indonesia, Iran, Germany and the Netherlands, with a future visit to the Soviet Union possible. Officials did not reveal who sent the invitation.
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Washington
Robert F. Kennedy
Soviet Union
Kennedy
Justice Department
White House
Dean Rusk
Ethel
Japan
Indonesia
Iran
Germany
Netherlands
West Africa
Actress Gigi Perreau hospitalized after illness
Hollywood AP reports actress Gigi Perreau of Follow the Sun fell ill Monday with a combination of intestinal virus and food poisoning. Her physician indicated she will likely remain hospitalized for several days.
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Hollywood
Gigi Perreau
Two Michigan Men Sought For Michigan Murder Case
In OPLIN Missouri two of three men held after a Carthage filling station holdup are sought on murder warrants in Michigan. James Gudenau 31 of Holly Donald Harrington 30 of Wayne and Ray Clemens 23 of Allegan confessed to the $100 robbery. Gudenau admits stabbing a Detroit woman Mrs Hazel Lancaster 57 and Harrington admits being present. They were arrested in Joplin after the Carthage hold up in a stolen Kalamazoo car.
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Oplin
Michigan
Carthage
James Gudenau
Holly, Mich
Donald Harrington
Wayne, Mich
Ray Clemens
Allegan Mich
Walter Flenner
Gudenau
Detroit
Harrington
Hazel Lancaster
Flenner
Lancaster
Clemens
Allegan
Joplin
Kalamazoo
Mich
Kansas City Faces Fiscal Crisis Urges Revenue Boost
Kansas City is urged into a 4 to 10 million dollar revenue increase by a Chamber of Commerce committee. The group recommends five steps including an earnings tax and presented the report to the executive committee at a Hotel Phillips luncheon led by William H. Leedy. The board will decide whether to back the recommendations.
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Kansas City
Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Taxation and Public Finance Committee
William H. Leedy
Hotel
Phillips
Kovacs Nomination Shifts From Tragedy to TV Honor
Ernie Kovacs, who died in an auto crash, is nominated posthumously by the Television Directors Guild for its 1961 directorial award. The announcement comes from Hollywood and highlights Kovacs’s enduring influence in television directing.
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Hollywood
Ernie Kovacs
Television Directors Guild
Delays Mount For KU Nuclear Reactor Start
Kansas University’s 10 kilowatt nuclear reactor at the $567000 center remains idle as two EU scientists await Atomic Energy Commission operator licenses. Examiners tested Russell Mester and Harold Rosson on January 7. Rosson’s written test awaits grading in Washington. If licenses do not arrive, spring class Nuclear Reactor Laboratory 367 may be delayed.
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Atomic Energy Commission
AEC
Russell Mester
Harold F. Rosson
Rosson
Washington, D. C
Mesler
C of E Action Held Till June On Em poria College Future
In Emporia Kansas the Presbyterian Synod of Kansas will meet in Wichita on June 4 to decide the College of Emporia’s fate. About 200 members discussed finances including a $150 000 May 15 target and $400 000 in three years, plus $40 000 annual support. Trustees were asked to prepare a plan and statement of need. possible outcomes ranged from closing to merging. The college enrolls about 600 students.
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Emporia
Kan
Presbyterian Synod of Kansas
Wichita
College of Emporia
Synod
Elvin Perkins
Perkins
KU Receives NSF Grant for Chemistry Teacher Institute
Kansas University will receive 30 740 from the National Science Foundation to run an 11 week chemistry institute starting June 11 for 12 college teachers. Two fellowships go to PhD candidates and ten to teachers already holding the PhD. Kansas State University and Emporia State College also receive NSF funds for similar programs.
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Kansas University
National Science Foundation
Kansas State
Calvin VanderWerf
Kansas State University
Emporia State College
General Motors Raises Auto Production Rate
Detroit AP reports General Motors boosts its 1962 sales outlook by running near double the prior year’s output. Five GM divisions share a peak pace. last week’s 82 145 cars was a high mark since the 1960 steel strike rush. GM has produced just over half of the year’s new cars while Ford equals about 29 percent, Chrysler 12 5 percent, American Motors 6 1/2 percent and Studebaker under two percent due to a strike.
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Detroit
General Motors
Ford
Chrysler
American Motors
Studebaker
Furniture Helps Pay Cohen Back Tax Bill
Internal Revenue agents seized Mickey Cohen furniture from a warehouse and auctioned it to collect a $400,000 back tax debt. The sale brought in $2,000 as Cohen remains jailed while appealing his income tax evasion conviction.
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Cohen
Los Angeles
Mickey Cohen
Internal Revenue
Public Auction At Farm Near McLouth Kansas January 27 1962
James Courter and sons owners announce a public auction at the farm 3 miles north of McLouth and west of Oskaloosa, listing cattle to horses, hogs, machinery, antiques, trucks, and miscellaneous items. Sale begins 1 p m with items including 50 plus cattle, 4 Otter 1 cow milking gear, Ferguson tractor, Oliver 70 with cultivator, 1955 EPerguson tractor, trucks, and numerous household and yard tools. Auctioneers Patrick and Cleri set the sale with Perry Kansas as contact.
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McLouth
Kansas
Oskaloosa
Poland
Eperguson
Oliver
Fo Hay
Oliver Combine
Ford Lister
Ferguson Mower
J.D
James Courter
Ina. Chines
Singer Sewing M. Machine Co
MO UR Uill Agency
Mass
Miller & Midgeti 6Th & Mass
Neallors
K.U
Ile
M. KR
Gill Areson
Web
Thurs
Lawrence
HOTOR
Volkswagen
Raedio
Waps
Nilex West
James Courier & Sons
Harold Courter
C. G. Skiles
Chevrolet
Public Notices and Financial Report From Lawrence City
Notice of hearing in the estate of Fred Koch with appointment of administrator sought by Richard Koch. Includes quarterly receipts and disbursements report for Lawrence city funds covering periods to December 1961 with detailed balances, bonds, warrants, and pension allocations.
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State of
Kansas
Wehard
Koch
Fred Koch
Lawrence
Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Lawrenceh
W & SS
Aidan Yisesiut
Veoh
Wo & SS
Neil Jones
Peaper
Seanveneys
Antony
Multiple Housing Deals and Used Goods Advertised
Real estate and misc items listed for sale or rent by Moore Associates and others. Includes 3 bed ranch homes near KU, 2 bed furnished apartments, large family homes, and furnishings like a dining set, piano, and furniture, with contact numbers VI 3-2571 VI 3-501 evenings.
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Lew
Brodecker
Moore Associates
Vera Whitentaht
Idmaley
Milltop
Atractive
Woliday Hills
Ups Statra
Whitenight
Raach
AML
Ranehoo
Moore Associates Inc
Frigidaire Pantry
Karl P. Martin
Joan
Hatha
Gleon Kappleman
Straylor Calvin
South Side
Sime Mons
Doane
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Governmental Research Center
Chicago
Journal of
The
American Medical Association
Paul Ford
Porresout
Wade
Jand
Woods Lumber Co
Weyerhauser
Bobby
Soviet
Lawrence Paper CO
6Th & N. H
Missouri
K.C
Topeka Daily Capital
Topeka State Journal
Green Brothers Hardware
Mass, St
Lawrence Bail Journal-World
Wig
State OF Kansas
Douglas County
Said
Richard JD. Koch
Petitioner
Attorneys
Springer & Springer
W & SS Construction
Treasury
Wal Campus
Helmes, Peck & Brown
VIO
VIE
Call Mer. Brodecker
Detaibe Moore Associates
Holmes, Peck & Brown
Journal-World
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